Lost in Translation II - totally lost

[Spiffor]

Oops, when I subscribed, I was in Paris, where French-Spanish dictionaries lie

I have been in Stuttgart for two days, and completely forgot to bring a Spanish-French dictionary with me. As per the rules, I cannot use online dictionaries

This is going to be cheesedly hobbitty indeed

Originally posted by Karoch
Good luck with the translation.

Well thank you, I'll need it

[Sava]

when are we going to get the results?

[Spiffor]

Very soon. I'll mobilize my brain for the translation not to be too alien, and I'll send it to LOTM. He's the last player.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Very soon. I'll mobilize my brain for the translation not to be too alien, and I'll send it to LOTM. He's the last player.

I'll try to check in over the weekend, and do it, but be patient.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Oops, when I subscribed, I was in Paris, where French-Spanish dictionaries lie

I have been in Stuttgart for two days, and completely forgot to bring a Spanish-French dictionary with me. As per the rules, I cannot use online dictionaries

What?!?!?

I havent found my pocket Larouse. I cant use an online dictionary??????? Cheesy Hobbits indeed. I have some french textbooks with glossaries, but they wont help for any halfway obscure words.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
I havent found my pocket Larouse. I cant use an online dictionary??????? Cheesy Hobbits indeed. I have some french textbooks with glossaries, but they wont help for any halfway obscure words.

Really?

[lord of the mark]

ah to hell with dictionaries. I think I can do this

poem 1

She is at my side,
And i value her, without a doubt.
The morning beauty has chosen me.
Since then, she has put me to work.

She chose me without hesitation,
Without even knowing me.
I am going to the ends of the earth
By the valleys, by the forest, by the dirt.

Poem 2

Yes, always earning,
one is scarcely prepared for sorrow.
but the truth is mine, I regret nothing Ive done
Its enough to have been with my love on the morrow.

[Spiffor]

Sent.

There were a few words I didn't begin to fathom. In order to have at least some idea of what they meant, without looking up online dictionaries, I simply googled random webpages containing text that had that word. It let me to guess the meaning of the word thanks to the context.

Don't worry, I'm sure I guessed wrong very often

[Gangerolf]

what?

[Krill]

Erm...That changed shape a fair bit...

[Spiffor]

LOTM

Really great to have made a poem out of what I sent you

[Az]

LOTM - wtf is this? delete it.

[Winston]

Wow, that's beautiful, lotm!

Only vaguely recognizable from when I had it 5-6 turns ago, but hey, that's the whole purpose of it!

Now to wait for the mysteries to hopefully be sorted out.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Spiffor
LOTM

Really great to have made a poem out of what I sent you

Its harder to rhyme in english than in french, I think.

[Spiffor]

I think I'm the one who mangled it beyond recognition


(and to say that I can understand pretty much one half of the government's websites in Spanish - or at least I believe so )